Broccoli Soup
Servings
3-4people
Servings
3-4people
Ingredients
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2teaspoon turmeric (fresh)okay to substitute with 1/2 teaspoon dried turmeric
  • 1/2 tablespoon ginger chopped
  • handful of chopped fresh cilantro
  • handful chopped fresh parsely
  • 2tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 red onion chopped
  • 1 large leek chopped
  • 1 unpeeled sweet potato or garnet yam, quartered
  • 1 small to medium carrot chopped
  • 6cups mineral broth or other vegetable stock
  • 1teaspoon ground coriander
  • 1teaspoon ground cumin
  • 4 tablespoons ground flaxseedsoptional
  • 10ounces brocolli head or broccolini finely chopped
Instructions
  1. Put the garlic, turmeric, ginger, half of the cilantro and half of the parsley in a blender. Add 1/4 cup water. Blend to make a paste and set aside.
  2. In a soup pot, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil. Saute the red onion and leek to soften, 1-2 minutes. Add the sweet potato (or yam) and carrot and continue to saute the vegetables another 2 minutes.
  3. Sprinkle the vegetables in the soup pot with the coriander, cumin and flaxseeds and saute for one more minute.
  4. Add the mineral broth or vegetable stock to the soup pot. Add the paste that you set aside previously (the garlic, turmeric, ginger, cilantro, parsley) to the pot and simmer until the vegetables are soft and the flavors are blended.
  5. Puree the vegetables in the soup pot.
  6. Take the chopped broccoli head or broccolini, the remaining cilantro and parsley and add these finely chopped vegetables to the soup pot and stir. Allow these vegetables to gently soften in the soup pot, making sure they retain their bright green color, approximately 30 seconds. Serve immediately.